murdering piecen.

Brit.

/ˈməːd(ə)rɪŋ piːs/, U.S.

/ˈmərdərɪŋ ˌpis/

Forms: see murdering adj. and piece n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murdering adj., piece n.

Etymology: < murdering adj. + piece n.

Now rare.

1. = murderer n. 3. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces

murderer1495

curtala1509

minion1513

passe-volant1513

pikmoyane1513

saker1521

base1539

robinet1547

quarter cannon?a1549

bersec1550

murdresarc1550

yetling1558

battardc1565

demi-cannon1577

calabass1578

double curtal1582

demi-culverin1587

rabinet1596

murdering piece1601

drake1627

putter1646

cartow1650

putterlingc1650

minion drakea1661

cut1672

under-saker1678

murther1688

carronade1779

carthoun1849

1601 W. Walker tr. J. C. van Neck Jrnl. Voy. Eight Shippes of Amsterdam f. 14^v He had giuen the boate vnto the Gouerner of Bantam,..appoynted with two murthering peeces.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 93 O my deere Gertrarde, this Like to a murdring peece in many places Giues me superfluous death.

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. C3^v There is not such another murdring piece In all the stocke of Calumny.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 163 Mann'd she was but with ten men, and had only one small murdering-peece within her.

a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 432 Thou..didst account Thy fellow Hell-Hounds did to lowly mount Their Murdering Pieces.

1886 Harper's Mag. Oct. 780 The brood of ‘murdering pieces’ of small calibre and little energy was, after many years, dispersed by the introduction of carronades.

†2. A literary or artistic depiction of a scene of carnage. Cf. battle-piece n. at battle n. Compounds 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec.

defence1546

paradox1594

secret history1650

pentaglot1727

morceau1748

murdering piece1797

pièce de circonstance1830

national epic1841

scholarly edition1850

cantefable1903

chantefable1937

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > historical painting > a historical painting > type of

battle-piece1713

murdering piece1797

synchronism1843

war picture1883

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 309 A far more cruel ‘murdering piece’ than had ever entered into the imagination of painter or poet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murdering piece
释义	murdering piecen. Brit. /ˈməːd(ə)rɪŋ piːs/, U.S. /ˈmərdərɪŋ ˌpis/ Forms: see murdering adj. and piece n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murdering adj., piece n. Etymology: < murdering adj. + piece n. Now rare. 1. = murderer n. 3. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces murderer1495 curtala1509 minion1513 passe-volant1513 pikmoyane1513 saker1521 base1539 robinet1547 quarter cannon?a1549 bersec1550 murdresarc1550 yetling1558 battardc1565 demi-cannon1577 calabass1578 double curtal1582 demi-culverin1587 rabinet1596 murdering piece1601 drake1627 putter1646 cartow1650 putterlingc1650 minion drakea1661 cut1672 under-saker1678 murther1688 carronade1779 carthoun1849 1601 W. Walker tr. J. C. van Neck Jrnl. Voy. Eight Shippes of Amsterdam f. 14^v He had giuen the boate vnto the Gouerner of Bantam,..appoynted with two murthering peeces. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 93 O my deere Gertrarde, this Like to a murdring peece in many places Giues me superfluous death. View more context for this quotation 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. C3^v There is not such another murdring piece In all the stocke of Calumny. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 163 Mann'd she was but with ten men, and had only one small murdering-peece within her. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 432 Thou..didst account Thy fellow Hell-Hounds did to lowly mount Their Murdering Pieces. 1886 Harper's Mag. Oct. 780 The brood of ‘murdering pieces’ of small calibre and little energy was, after many years, dispersed by the introduction of carronades. †2. A literary or artistic depiction of a scene of carnage. Cf. battle-piece n. at battle n. Compounds 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec. defence1546 paradox1594 secret history1650 pentaglot1727 morceau1748 murdering piece1797 pièce de circonstance1830 national epic1841 scholarly edition1850 cantefable1903 chantefable1937 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > historical painting > a historical painting > type of battle-piece1713 murdering piece1797 synchronism1843 war picture1883 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 309 A far more cruel ‘murdering piece’ than had ever entered into the imagination of painter or poet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601
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